Last week was Super Bowl Sunday -one of our greatest athletic traditions where die hard fans, sports lovers and even people who could care less gather together and spend time eating, cheering and laughing.
There are so many reasons why I love big game day. This Super Bowl Sunday I remembered another reason I love this day. My 6th grade year, I had started going to a very little Nazarene church in Burbank California. The church had been doing a fundraiser where you could gift Bibles to other people.
On Super Bowl Sunday my Sunday School teachers and I were talking about the big game; where we’d spend it, who we were rooting for and so on. While we were talking the assistant pastor, a very tall, intimidating man, walked into my Sunday School room with a Bible in hand. He walked straight up to me, grabbed the attention of everyone in the room and said; “Emely De Leon today, February 3rd, 1997 I present to you your Bible”. Inside was my name and the date in very nice blue writing. I remember my face turning a little red and quietly saying thank you, all the while feeling very embarrassed that he made such a big deal about it by singling me out, like some children do when they are singled out.
So this week as I was driving to church I was remembering why Super Bowl Sunday is so special to me. I thought of how grateful I was that Pastor had made a big deal about me and my new Bible. I imagined how often God makes a big deal about us when we choose to Love. As I coach, teach and lead kids my goal is to make a big deal about every child because they are a big deal especially to God! I’m very grateful for the people who have cheered me on in Christ all these years. While I was embarrassed at the time now I look back and am encouraged all over again to live for Christ and build His Kingdom.
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